Street performers — a review

Saratoga has a ways to go before its buskers are on par with, say, Burlington’s … Here’s a quick review of some performers I saw while out and about last week (I know, it’s a week old, but I just got around to getting my posting rights straightened out with our tech support folks. Thanks, Mike.)

The Robot who Won’t Do Anything: A guy wearing a silver robot mask with flashing, LED lights for eyes strikes a “robot-y” pose and then stubbornly refuses to move unless someone puts money in his bag. When I stopped to watch for a few agonizing minutes, he was being heckled by a crowd that was probably just a little bit fueled by mojitos.

Nervous College Kids doing Celtic Music: They had a sound board and microphones, and were having technical difficulties. Lots of cracks and pops, not a lot of jigging.

Solitary ukelele man on a park bench near Menges and Curtis: And, I quote: “Plinka-plinka-plinka-fank-fank-fank.” Repeat until you go insane.